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课文16 玛丽有一头羔羊
m6 F0 k& V( O" { ?8 ]% O' q m258. Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.6 K7 X: c" ]/ Y# h& B. y
玛丽与丈夫迪米特里住在希腊南部一个叫波拉考拉的小村庄里。
" @" t9 g$ x$ c) E259. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
. K/ Z1 p; R3 v 玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羔羊。 C$ C2 @7 e8 ]* D1 g# d2 Y2 _
260. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.
. S8 R* b/ D! x5 I& ]1 p 白天,玛丽把羔羊拴在地里的一颗树上,每天晚上把它牵回家。 d( d; ~+ c" R4 `# Q& W
261. One evening, however, the lamb was missing.7 k( X) b; d4 u& y0 E. L; R5 @
可是,一天晚上,那只小羔羊失踪了。0 [* }2 D3 g# A2 e' O$ A
262. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.
# q5 @) @0 ?$ {; p 绳子被人割断,很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。6 N; m! K$ s, w. x! O' y- N: ~
263. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.9 K& ?3 n: e0 p" I
迪米特里从地里回来,妻子把情况跟他一说,; T; x5 A* e1 ?- Q9 P+ V8 }
264. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
& V( B7 \/ E/ L. [' q 他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。+ ?2 _; K/ _$ P8 U5 q' V# G
265. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
( U2 G9 H* ]0 x4 z7 D 他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。
2 M6 `6 @/ H, P8 [! W F' m266. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.
2 e" T0 ^" ^( y. \2 n& z" v 把失窃的事告诉几个朋友后,迪米特里发出他的邻居阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊。
$ y4 c& R: L* U+ d8 [+ r267. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.3 N" y6 w7 ^3 f' S& ^0 B1 g- K1 Z
迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家,气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊,
6 L" ~ q4 I* w9 r$ b8 Z268. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.
- R- Y Z4 E6 L6 l F9 {0 X 告诉他最好把羊交还,否则就去叫警察。/ X! j! w) }0 ?0 E' c; u! j! S
269. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard." g2 P( o+ N3 m2 J6 T9 [
阿列科不承认,并把迪米特里领进院子。6 h( V' ~5 z) C7 q* n, ~- {
270. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black." u' y) {% ]/ O1 Q3 Z
不错,他的确刚买了一只羔羊,阿列科解释说,但他的羔羊是黑色的。
5 \# L9 Y, K( j) o271. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.8 r. Y% F7 M X p4 w
迪米特里为自己的鲁莽而感到不好意思,向阿列科道了歉,说是错怪了他。
/ y! |4 U! e- ]% X B0 s4 P272. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.
. w# X8 v2 |1 B 就在他俩说话的时候,天下起了雨,迪米特里便呆在阿列科家里避雨,一直等到雨停为止。! V5 p) Z- l" U5 V/ u3 C9 J
273. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
L. S6 n* v/ S' D+ W 半小时后,当他从屋里出来时,他惊奇地发现小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成白色。! d) ~0 ]1 N- {3 q! \
274. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
8 V3 o( p L1 S( v3 N: I 原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了! |
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